Li Shimin hesitated for a long time with the bet order and said, "How about I only have half of it?"

"No, no, no, it should be your Majesty's. I have said countless times that money is like a cloud to me, and it is more or less the same. Since Your Majesty likes it and wants it, then take it. You don't have to be polite, don't be polite."

Li Shimin looked at Li Mu carefully and seriously several times, only seeing sincerity, and he couldn't help but blame himself for being suspicious. What a good child, how could he doubt him like this?

"Since that's the case, I'll accept it. I don't want you in vain. You are already a marquis of founding county at a young age. If you don't have a title, you will be promoted again. But I can specially promote you as the third rank of founding county marquis and rank first. In addition, the importance of the Office of Internal Affairs is as high as the three provinces and six ministries. The chiefs of the three provinces and six ministries are all third ranks. I have also promoted you to the third rank. What do you think?"

"I thank Your Majesty?"

"The will will arrive tomorrow morning, go back."

"I'm leaving."

Seeing Li Mu exit the hall, Li Shimin came to the door. As Li Mu's back walked further and further away, he opened the door. Eunuch Gao called two little eunuchs to clean up the porcelain pieces on the ground and followed Li Shimin back to the table.

Li Shimin looked at the betting orders on the table and felt a little uneasy. He handed the betting orders to Eunuch Gao and asked, "Look at this, is it true? Shouldn't Li Mu use a fake to deceive me?"

Eunuch Gao picked up the bet order and carefully identified it, and said, "Your Majesty, I can't see the fake one. Look at this chapter, it is specially used by Sihai Gambling. This texture and ink are all specifically referred to. No one can imitate it. Even if it is fake, it is also a fake made by Li Mu himself. According to the rules, it must be redeemed unless Sihai Gambling quits."

"Well..." Li Shimin nodded and said, "I'll feel at ease. It's impossible for him to ignore the money he earns from the Sihai Gambling House every day. You take it and go to repay it tomorrow. After repaying it," Li Shimin paused for a moment and whispered: "Don't tell the Queen, deposit it in the bank for me in your name."

"This... the Empress is the lord of the harem, and I'm afraid that I'll do this." Eunuch Gao thought it was inappropriate, but before he could say it, Li Shimin interrupted him and said, "I am still the lord of the world. Are you listening to me or supporting the queen?"

Eunuch Gao quickly knelt down: "Of course I will listen to Your Majesty."

"Then don't talk nonsense." Li Shimin raised his hand, and Eunuch Gao stood up. Li Shimin continued: "As the lord of the world, I don't even have any money in my hand. I have been out of the palace several times. I don't have money to buy something, and I can't even give me a reward even when I watch a show! Li Mu once said that if I don't give a reward, the fun will be reduced by half. Do you know how embarrassed I am when I see someone else's reward, and I sit fucking hard?"

"Your Majesty, you need money and you can withdraw the treasury. Just tell the queen, how much is it."

"You also know you want to say something to the queen?" Li Shimin said angrily. "Can I tell the queen that I want to go to the show and give me some money? If the historian hears this, wouldn't I become a fool?"

Eunuch Gao finally understood and dared not speak out.

Li Shimin sighed and said, "It's so difficult for me to be an emperor!"

Eunuch Gao thought to myself, it’s hard for me, it’s not hard for me to serve an emperor like you and have to deal with such a smart queen?

...

Li Mu walked around Xinghua Garden, drank a few glasses of wine with all Nian brothers, and then left the palace to go to the heaven and earth. At this time, the master had not arrived, and the heaven and earth were already crowded. I don’t know where the news came from. In less than an hour, Man Chang’an knew what happened in the palace examination. Zhulu Hou changed his name to the imperial examination. Zhulu Hou won the two top scholars, Zhulu Hou was indifferent to fame and fortune and gave the top scholar. He had unprecedented double treasures. His Majesty gave the name of "National Scholar"...

When Li Mu entered the door, he heard a merchant sitting on the first floor who came to take the gift talking loudly, as if he was present.

"...Everyone, do you know what the 'national sage' means? The "Records of the Grand Historian" refers to the meaning of the Marquis of Huaiyin, the national sage is unparalleled, unique, and the best in the world. Do you understand what the meaning is?"

"Bad! Who hasn't bullied anyone? You compare Huaiyin Marquis with Zhulu Marquis? Don't you know how Huaiyin Marquis died? Are you cursing our Marquis?"

"Oh... Look at my mouth, I don't mean to curse the marquis. It's just that. I won't tell you that you are deliberately making trouble!"

"I can't say it..."

Li Mu walked by and heard these words, and felt quite emotional. He and Li Shimin could not be bothered to go to the point where Liu Bang and Han Xin were. Their achievements were great, and the ruler and his subjects were not in harmony. It has been the same throughout history. How could he avoid it?

It seems that it is really time to hide. After the work is over in the past few days, go to Dingxiang, take a look at Dingxiang New City, and take Zhang Tianai over. In the past few months, maybe the situation of being targeted by his public criticism can be alleviated a lot.

Thinking about these things, Li Mu came to the private room on the second floor. The door of each private room was opened to facilitate Li Mu toast back and forth. Those who could sit in the private room were people with gifts of more than a thousand steadiaries, while those with a hundred steadiaries were on the first floor, less than a hundred steadiaries. Sorry, the Marquis's table was not in your place.

Li Mu respected the wine around and was already drunk. He drank it himself, but no one dared to force him. Although the degree of the first prize is lower than that of three cups, it is still considered high compared to other wines in the Tang Dynasty. Li Mu drank about two jars and was already a little confused.

He came down from the second floor and found a secluded place, held the door frame, retching for a while, but didn't vomit anything. The cold wind blew and he woke up a little.

Suddenly, he saw a woman in red across the street, looking very beautiful, and couldn't help but take a look. Looking over again, he found that why did this woman in red look so much like Wang Ou?

He walked over tremblingly and stared at someone's face. It was really Wang Ou!

Li Mu smiled foolishly, grabbed Wang Ou's hand, and said, "From my memory, I forgot. You live next to me, but even if I don't forget, I can't invite you. There are people upstairs and downstairs, and they are all stinky men. No, it's inconvenient!"

Seeing that Li Mu had drunk this way, Wang Ou felt a little awkward and was replaced by heartache. She held Li Mu and said with resentment: "Look at me, is this dress you wear? Is it good-looking?"

"Good-looking!" Li Mu picked up his clothes, touched them, and said, "You look good in whatever you wear."

"Did you forget to promise me?"

"Ah?" Li Mu's eyes were dull: "What did I promise?"
Chapter completed!